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Gingrich Plumps For Anti-Gay Amendment: Marriage Between A Man And A Women Until She Gets Sick

Sup North Carolina? Yer gettin’ ready to vote on Amendment 1, which bans gay marriage (which is already banned) in addition to straight and gay civil unions and domestic partnerships? Sounds like a fun amendment! Good job, you guys, way to stick it to … well, your 200,000 straight citizens who are in domestic partnerships already, in addition to the 25,000 or something godless sodomites. Very modern-ages of you guys! Not at all sad and medieval! Too bad that lie-beral Supreme Court outlawed outlawing sodomy itself in Lawrence, you could put those icky sexers in jail, like in Ye Olde Oscar Wilde Days! But do other people have opinions about your Amendment 1, like maybe Newt Gingrich? We would really like to hear what Newt Gingrich thinks before we totally make up our minds that Amendment 1 is the best, most important Amendment and one that we should send $5 to, and that it is filled with laughter and love and hope for The Children, who I believe are the Future! Oh good, Newt Gingrich DOES have an opinion! He thinks marriage is between a man and a woman! But we feel like there is something important about that statement, that it maybe leaves something out. We wish we could remember what that important something might be.

Something something, Saul Alinsky (because duh), Thomas Jefferson, we are all endowed by our Creator except for gays, because they do sex in men’s bottoms YUCK!

Marriage between a man and a woman is at the heart of our civilization. It’s a belief that is now under attack, yet it’s at the very core of defining who we are. That’s why I urge you to vote for the initiative right here in North Carolina. The chance to vote for a referendum to declare clearly that marriage is between a man and a woman.
This is part of the same great process this year that’s involved with President Obama, and that’s involved with the whole danger of what’s happening to our basic beliefs. There’s an effort by radicals at every level to change who we are, to change what America is and to change for our children into a future that I think will be much worse.

This is your chance to turn out and vote and vote for preserving America, and to vote for preserving a very basic institution.

OH WE REMEMBER NOW. It is that Newt keeps divorcing his wives for his mistresses as soon as they get sick! We feel like that should have been harder to forget!

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When a man loves a woman
But when she gets breast cancer then
He'll trade her in
For the good thing he's found
If she's gives head he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Sell the remains of his soul to Satan
For some Tiffany rocks.

DaRooster

"This is your chance to turn out and vote and vote for preserving America, and to vote for preserving a very basic institution."

Jesus, how many votes do these folks get?

tessiee

A number equaling the sum of their teeth, fingers, and grandparents.

SorosBot

What about open marriages like Newt's; that's more between multiple men and women.

EtchySketchy

Oh, looky! Sarah Palin got a speech writing gig:

"This is part of the same great process this year that’s involved with President Obama, and that’s involved with the whole danger of what’s happening to our basic beliefs."

We need a law protecting the institution of marriage from politicians and celebrities.

SteveMcCroskey

and to vote for preserving a very basic institution.

Tiffany's?

Not_So_Much

He still believes you can have other people's wives blow you though, right?

Ruhe

Well, right now the Catholic Church only recognizes that as a sacrament if the "hummee" is a priest and the "hummer" is other people's children. The Church doctrine on blowjobs is always evolving though so stay tuned.

BaldarTFlagass

I'm sure Newt is all against a man marrying a space alien, too. But like everything else, it's okay if he does it. And Callista is probably immune to terrestrial/human diseases, too.

randcoolcatdaddy

Did the authors of this amendment specifically state that marriage is between a male and female _human being_? No, they did not….

So, Newt and Calistra are still safe in NC.

MrFizzy

He implicitly supports marriage between a man and a mannequin however.

The Professor & the Real Doll. Coming to an art house cinema near you. Independence Day.

OneYieldRegular

I would've thought that the fine upstanding citizens behind Amendment 1 would have made Newt the poster child for the dangers to traditional marriage about which they're concerned, or… or…D'OH! – is this just about indulging their hatred of gay people?

James Michael Curley

This is going to be bad for finding a parking space in "South of the Border."

Dudleydidwrong

When Pedro finds out what is happening at his place he'll ask NC to annex his fine, upstanding institution.

AlterNewt

"…and to change for our children into a future that I think will be much worse."

And there you have it.

BaldarTFlagass

"This is your chance to turn out and vote and vote for preserving America, and to vote for preserving a very basic institution. "

When the aliens arrive just try explaining that to them. They'll quickly place the inter-galactic symbol for "painfully jejune" on the part of their star charts that shows Earth then zoom off to find some more interesting life forms to communicate with.

Doktor StrangeZoom

We've been anally probing Earthlings for 30 years now and the only thing we've learned is that 10% of them like it.

Traditional marriage is under attack. When my nephew and his (female) fiance got their marriage license they were stuck in the "Opposite marriage/Neither party transgendered" line while the lines for the "Same sex marriage" were moving much more quickly.

So sad.

freakishlywrong

Freedumb is allowing Newt Gingrich to dictate his family values all over you.

Quoth Newtie:There’s an effort by radicals at every level to change who we are

Time to turn the mirror on yourself, Righteous One.
Some would call "radical" the processes of — oh, I dunno: falling in love again, converting to a new religion, picking up new & improving habits — all can result in "radical" changes for the better. You are the least credible living embodiment of any such "radical" upgrade, you bloated pustule, for in all three of those cases you hurt loved ones *and* mocked genuine believers w/ your actions *and* poison the integrity of your prior achievements with every malodorous political point you try to score. Quit tramping from state to state like a dog pooping in its neighbors', tell Callista to call off the leash-walks, back to scooping up your stinkwads in the privacy of your own yard.

widestanceromance

When he can say he has stuck by a spouse who was scared out of their mind because they had cancer, and held their hand through chemo treatments, and boosted their self-esteem when they had no hair, were jaundiced and could barely keep food down, BUT saw them through it because he loved them, and that was all that was important, he can open his big fat lie hole and mutter whatever he wants about marriage. Since I've done all that and more, I'm going to continue to think he is an ass tumor on the planet and none of his one man/one woman marriages can suck the dingleberries off my two-man marriage.

I know it's wonkette, but this made me cry. Good on you, and best wishes for your spouse.

widestanceromance

Thank you right back, MNYNY. The good news is that this was over 10 years ago, and he is still doing great, even if not yet my legal husband. . .

SayItWithWookies

See — no wonder you're a threat to Newt's idea of marriage.

(Also that was awesome).

SorosBot

He's going to make sure that same sex marriage is outlawed on the moon, too!

proudgrampa

I have never understood how gay marriage was an "attack" on anything. You might as well say that my martinis are an attack on sober people. Makes as much sense.

el_donaldo

Well, any martini in range of my vision (or smell) (or thought) is generally an imminent threat to my sobriety.

Redhead

It's the Republican way – anyone who disagrees with me or thinks differently or makes different choices (however civilized, or however little they affect my life) is attacking my beliefs and my way of life.

el_donaldo

The basis of our civilization is the marriage between man and woman? Only if you consider the systematic exclusion of women from the public sphere to be civilized. Just saying.

elgin_pelican

The basis of our civilization is takin' stuff from folks. Callista knows that, Noot, you should talk to her.

Is keeping Newt in the race "a future that I think will be much worse"?

Redhead

"There’s an effort by radicals at every level to change who we are, to change what America is and to change for our children into a future that I think will be much worse."

I could not agree more whole-heartedly, Newt! That's why I'm encouraging ALL my friends and fellow nor'carliners to vote the Repugnicant bums out! (and vote down this amendment crap) before we wimminz are relegated back to the kitchen, with our only healthcare provided by drunk bums, and we lose the right to vote (along with black people and Hispanics, at least the few who aren't shot by neighborhood watch/castle doctrine enthusiasts.)

Fare la Volpe

This is part of the same great process this year that’s involved with President Obama, and that’s involved with the whole danger of what’s happening to our basic beliefs

So the institution of marriage is only sacred when you can crush the spirit of a girl when you leave her for a younger model…

smitallica

I like how he still displays his "SPEAKER NEWT GINGRICH" nameplate. I still have my 3rd grade Science Fair 1st place trophy. But then, I was never forced to resign from the Science Fair due to 83 ethics violations.

chisho1m

Am I the only one who's maybe equally weirded out by the inexplicable inclusion of gimmick-novel "House of Leaves" on Gingrich's bookshelves?

SayItWithWookies

Well we can pull out of Afghanistan now — since we're clearly not fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here.

Biff

"Marriage Between A Man And A Women"

gets a pass this time, because Newt.

JustPixelz

"Marriage between a man and a woman is at the heart of our civilization."

I'll throw down the quibbles that a) the Bible is very big on polygamy; b) Jesus never married (or did he?); c) slaves in the South were not allowed to marry (which actually illustrates the uncivilized heritage we live with). Also that marriage is declining for lots of non-ghey reasons, including delayed childbearing, workforce mobility, smaller families, social acceptability of unmarried LTR couples.

Anyway, families are the heart of civilization. Families deal with every problem our society can throw at us, including lesbian sisters, divorce, the economy, sickness, joblessness. Some families crumble, others are strengthened, others reorganize themselves. If marriage disappeared tomorrow, families would cope with that too.

Also he was getting blown in his car by his staffer as another staffer was approaching the car with his young children in tow. He might have mentioned that. For fährenbalenz.

tessiee

"Gingrich Plumps for Anti-Gay Amendment"

Wonder what headlines Rebecca considered and rejected before she decided this one was pretty much impossible to top.

ttommyunger

""…at the very core of defining who we are." Yeah, Newt. I think America's got that part, as evidenced by your financial condition, poll ratings and political failures. Put a fork in yourself, Newt, you're done.

Callyson

Did anyone make it to the end? I got to 2:35 before I had to bail for the sake of what's left of my sanity…

tessiee

"This is part of the same great process this year that’s involved with President Obama, and that’s involved with the whole danger of what’s happening to our basic beliefs. There’s an effort by radicals at every level to change who we are, to change what America is and to change for our children into a future that I think will be much worse."

Shorter: The President is a near, and he's going to force all our little white daughters to marry nears, and all our little white sons to marry queers.

rickmaci

And Newtwit is singlehandedly doing his part to protect "the heart of our civilization" by marrying as many women as he can.

WonkCynic

No worries! After King Obarmer had his coup de tat and implements shariah, the out of the closet sodomites that you love AND the closeted ones that you bash on your blogs every day will all get rounded up and beheaded. What will the Lesbians do when there are no more male sodomites to dance in their parades and hang in their closets?